CN115590284A - Method, device and technology for automatically tying shoelaces - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic shoelace tying device which is arranged on a shoe article and comprises an electric transmission and control module, a winding bracket component and a shoelace component, wherein the electric transmission and control module mainly comprises a shell component, a control component, a transmission component and a power supply component; the power supply assembly provides electric energy for the electric transmission control module, the control assembly receives signals or external signals of the assemblies and controls the work of the transmission assembly through a preset program and a trigger mechanism, and the assemblies are all arranged in the shell assembly. The winding bracket component comprises a winding ring and a bracket, the bracket is fixed on the shoe, and the winding ring is arranged on the bracket and can only rotate around a self shaft; the shoelace assembly comprises a shoelace and a shoelace buckle group. Shoelace subassembly and winding bracket component are installed on shoes article, and the shoelace is installed on the winding ring, and the electric control module is installed on winding bracket component, and transmission assembly work in the electronic biography control module drives winding ring forward rotation or reverse rotation, thereby drives the mesh that reaches pine shoelace and tight shoelace with it complex shoelace simultaneously.

Description

Method, device and technology for automatically tying shoelace

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of shoes, and particularly relates to a control device for automatically tying a shoelace.

Background

The shoelace is a common thing in people's daily life, and traditional shoes are tied to the shoelace and are all accomplished through the manual work, and the process is loaded down with trivial details relatively consuming time. Most of the existing automatic shoelace tying patents are complex in technology and cannot be produced in mass, and the existing sport shoes which are opened by Naike companies and already produced in mass production cannot be consumed by common people due to too high selling price, and in addition, the shoes can only be placed at the bottoms of the shoes in shape and size and are inconvenient to maintain.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the technical problem of providing an engine device for automatic shoelaces, which can be placed on shoes according to requirements and solves the problem of automatic shoelaces. According to the demand of making things convenient for the lacing, the device miniaturization that will tie the shoelace makes it can install on shoes and does not influence its dress again and experience to can accomplish the action of tying the shoelace and pine shoes automatically, solve the loaded down with trivial details inconvenience that brings of shoes shoelace and promoted user experience.

In view of the above, there is a need for an automatic shoelace tying method, device and technique, which is provided on a shoe, and comprises an electric transmission module and a winding bracket assembly, wherein the electric transmission module mainly comprises a housing assembly, a control assembly, a transmission assembly and a power supply assembly; the power supply assembly provides electric energy for the electric transmission control module, the control assembly receives signals or external signals of all the assemblies and controls the movement of the transmission assembly through a preset program and a trigger mechanism, and all the assemblies are arranged in the shell assembly. Winding bracket component includes wire winding ring and support, and the support is fixed on shoes, and the wire winding ring is installed on the support to can only be round self rotation of axes, the electric control module is installed on winding bracket component, and the transmission assembly work in the electronic biography accuse module drives wire winding ring forward rotation or reverse rotation, thereby reaches the purpose of pine shoelace and tight shoelace.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: under the condition of adopting the vertical speed reducer, the whole structure is compact and miniaturized, so that the vertical speed reducer can be applied to shoes.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic view of an example automatic lacing system, according to some example embodiments.

FIG. 2 is an exploded isometric view of an example automatic shoelace tying device electric control module, in accordance with some example embodiments.

FIG. 3 is an exploded isometric view of an example automatic lacing device winding bracket assembly, according to some example embodiments.

Fig. 4 is a bottom view of an example automatic shoelace tying device, according to some example embodiments.

Fig. 5 is a top view of an example automatic shoelace system in accordance with some example embodiments.

FIG. 6 isbase:Sub>A cross-sectional view of section A-A of FIG. 5 of an example automatic lacing device according to some example embodiments.

FIG. 7 is a first flowchart illustration of an example automatic lace tying method, according to some example embodiments.

FIG. 8 is a second flowchart illustration of an example automatic lace tying method, according to some example embodiments.

FIG. 9 is a third flow diagram of an example automatic lace tying method, according to some example embodiments.

FIG. 10 is a fourth flowchart illustration of an example automatic lace tying method, according to some example embodiments.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, an automatic lacing system, device and technique according to the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and do not limit the invention.

In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified; the terms "axis," "upper," "lower," "clockwise," "counter-potential needle," "axial," "left," "right," "normal," "reverse," and the like refer to an orientation or positional relationship relative to that shown in the drawings, which is for convenience and simplicity of description, and does not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Moreover, the terms "zeroth," "first," "second," "third," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, the automatic shoelace tying means that the movement of the link mechanism, which pulls or loosens the shoelace by the operation of the motor driving the speed reducing mechanism such as the gear mechanism, achieves the purpose of automatically tying the shoelace.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "coupled" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art from the specific context.

Fig. 1 is an overall schematic diagram of an example automatic lacing system according to some example embodiments, the automatic lacing system engine shown in fig. 1 including an electric drive and control module 10, a winding bracket assembly 20, and a lace assembly 30. Fig. 1 shows an overall assembly sequence of the automatic shoelace tying engine assembly, in which a shoelace assembly 30 is placed on a shoe article, a shoelace 32 of the shoelace assembly 30 is mounted on a winding bracket assembly 20, the winding bracket assembly 20 can be mounted on the shoe article together with the shoelace assembly 30 during a shoemaking process, and an electric transmission and control module 10 is mounted on the winding bracket 20, can be mounted after the shoemaking process is completed, and can be independently removed when the shoe article is maintained, charged or washed;

in this example, the electric transmission and control module 10 is mainly used for controlling the rotation of an internal motor, so as to control the output of power and rotary displacement of the electric transmission and control module 10; the winding ring 211 in the winding bracket assembly 20 can wind or loosen the shoelace in a rotating way, the electric transmission and control module 10 is arranged on the winding bracket assembly 20 and synchronously transmits power and rotary displacement to the winding ring 211 in the winding bracket assembly 20; lace assembly 30 locks the article of footwear during the pulling of lace 32 and unlocks the article of footwear during the untying of lace 32.

Figure 2 is an exploded isometric view of an example automatic shoelace tying device electric control module, in accordance with some example embodiments. FIG. 3 is an exploded isometric view of an example automatic lacing device winding bracket assembly, according to some example embodiments. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of an example automatic shoelace mechanism, according to some example embodiments. Fig. 5 is a top view of an example automatic shoelace system in accordance with some example embodiments. FIG. 6 isbase:Sub>A cross-sectional view of section A-A of FIG. 5 of an example automatic lacing device according to some example embodiments. Fig. 2-6 are discussed concurrently below.

2-6 are overall illustrations of an automatic lacing module for a shoe, according to some example embodiments, in which the automatic lacing module is shown to include a bottom housing 110, an upper housing 111 in a housing assembly in an electrically powered transmission control device; the hall sensing assembly 120, the motor assembly 121, the reducer assembly 122, the worm 123, the bearing 124, the bearing bracket 125 and the worm wheel 126 in the transmission assembly 12; a battery assembly 13, a control assembly 14; comprises a winding ring 211 and a bracket 210 in the winding bracket assembly 20; a shoelace 32 and a shoelace buckle group 31 in the shoelace assembly 30; the integral transmission part shown in fig. 4 mainly comprises a reducer assembly 122 mounted on the motor 121, a worm 123 mounted on the reducer output shaft 122A and rotating synchronously with the reducer output shaft 122A, the worm 123 rotating to drive the worm wheel 126 to rotate, a winding ring 211 mounted on the worm wheel 126 and rotating synchronously with the worm wheel 126, a shoelace 32 mounted on the winding ring 211, and a shoelace knot 321 clamped in the central hole of the winding ring 211; fig. 6 also showsbase:Sub>A cross-sectional viewbase:Sub>A-base:Sub>A, and shows that the worm 123 and the worm wheel 126 are driven by gear engagement, the winding ring 211 is coaxially mounted on the worm wheel 126, and the matching surface of the axis of the winding ring 211 and the hole of the worm wheel 126 isbase:Sub>A, so that the winding ring 211 can rotate synchronously with the worm wheel 126. The details of this example are discussed further below.

The housing assembly 11 may be a rigid or semi-rigid body comprising materials such as metals, plastics, ceramics, composites, and combinations thereof. The case assembly 11 includes a bottom case 110 and an upper case 111; the housing assembly 11 is sized and shaped to receive therein the hall sensing assembly 120, the motor assembly 121, the reducer assembly 122, the worm 123, the bearing 124, the bearing support 125, the worm gear 126 of the transmission assembly 12; a battery assembly 13 and a control assembly 14. The bottom case 110 may be designed to be detachable from the bracket 210 or non-detachable.

The transmission assembly 12 comprises a hall sensing assembly 120, a motor assembly 121, a speed reducer assembly 122, a worm 123, a bearing 124, a bearing bracket 125 and a turbine 126; the Hall sensing assembly 120 is arranged at the tail part of the output shaft of the motor, and the rotating number of turns and the position information of the working shaft of the motor are judged and recorded through the rotation of the tail shaft of the sensing motor; the electronics on the hall sensor assembly 120 output the identified number of rotations and position of the motor shaft to the control assembly 14 during operation of the motor, thereby determining whether the shoelace is completely tightened or whether the shoelace is completely loosened; the motor assembly 121 may be an electric drive, which is powered by the battery assembly 14 to provide a rotational output through the output shaft, and the output torque and rotational displacement thereof drive the reducer assembly 122 to work and is rotationally output by the reducer output shaft 122A; the worm 123 is fixed on the reducer output shaft 122A and is coaxial with the reducer output shaft 122A, and the rotation of the reducer output shaft 122A synchronously drives the rotation of the worm 123; the worm wheel 126 is engaged with the worm 123, the worm 123 rotates to drive the worm wheel 126 to rotate according to a certain reduction ratio, the bearing 124 is installed in the bearing bracket 125, one end of the reducer output shaft 122A is installed in the bearing 124, and the bearing bracket 125 is fixed between the bottom shell 110 and the upper shell 111, so that the reducer output shaft 122A is ensured to have enough rigidity when being subjected to radial force.

The battery assembly 13 includes a battery and a charging module, the battery is a rechargeable reusable battery, and the charging module can be a wireless coil charging module or a contact wired charging module.

A control assembly 14 comprising at least: the motion sensor comprises a wireless transmission module, a motion sensor module, a power supply module, a main chip module, a storage module and a trigger module. The wireless communication transmission module can be a Bluetooth module and can also be other wireless communication modules; the motion sensor module can capture motion data and can control the motor to rotate positively and negatively by taking the motion data as a trigger signal, so that the aim of tightening and loosening the shoelace is fulfilled; the power supply module can stably output the electric energy of the battery and stably charge the battery; the main chip module receives signals of all modules and controls the work of all modules; the storage module can store the motion data and periodically transmit the motion data to an external terminal through the wireless communication transmission module; the triggering module is composed of a plurality of touch control chip groups, including a zeroth gear 141 corresponding to a complete shoelace loosening instruction, a first gear 142, a second gear 143 and a third gear 144, controls the automatic shoelace tying device to loosen by triggering different gears, and tightens in different degrees, and can be in a touch mode or a key mode.

The wirewound bracket assembly 20 may be a rigid or semi-rigid body comprising materials such as metals, plastics, ceramics, composites, and combinations thereof. The housing assembly includes a winding ring 211 and a bracket 210; the winding ring 211 is mounted on the bracket 210 and can only rotate around its own axis, the winding ring 211 is mounted on the worm wheel 126 and rotates synchronously with the rotation of the worm wheel 126, and the rotation of the winding ring 211 can wind the shoelace 32 or unwind the shoelace 32 so as to achieve the purpose of tightening or loosening the shoelace; the bracket 210 is mounted to the article of footwear and may be glued, stitched, a combination of the two, or other mechanical assembly.

FIG. 7 is a first flowchart of an example method for automatically tightening a lace according to some example embodiments, the example method corresponding to a process of completely loosening the lace after a user puts on the shoe, wherein completely loosening corresponds to a completely tightened state, and the completely tightened state may be at a tightness degree corresponding to a first or second or third gear, including:

a1: judging whether the shoelace is completely loosened through the Hall sensing assembly, and if not, judging that the shoelace is tightened;

a2: if yes, judging whether the two feet do the first foot gesture at the same time through the data of the motion sensor, and if yes, executing a shoelace tightening instruction;

a3: if not, judging whether a first gear of the switch is triggered, and if so, executing a command of tightening the shoelace to the first gear;

a4: if not, judging whether a second gear of the switch is triggered, and if so, executing a command of tightening the shoelace to the second gear;

a5: if not, judging whether the third gear of the switch is triggered, if so, executing a command that the shoelace is tightened to the third gear, and if not, maintaining the shoelace loosening state.

FIG. 8 is a second flowchart of an exemplary automatic lacing method according to some exemplary embodiments, which illustrates a process of tying the lace from full to full lacing while the user is slippers, wherein the zeroth position corresponds to a fully loosened state of the lace, comprising:

b1: judging whether the shoelace is completely tightened or not through the Hall sensing assembly, and if not, judging that the shoelace is loosened;

b2: if so, judging whether the two feet do the second foot gesture at the same time through the data of the motion sensor, and if so, executing a shoelace loosening instruction;

b3: if not, judging whether the zeroth gear of the switch is triggered, if so, executing a shoelace tightening instruction, and if not, maintaining the shoelace tightening state.

FIG. 9 is a third flowchart of an exemplary method for automatically tightening a shoelace according to some exemplary embodiments, the exemplary method corresponding to a process of completely tightening the shoelace when slippers of a user are abnormal, i.e., the shoelace is not tightened to a degree corresponding to tightness in any one gear, to completely loosening the shoelace, comprising:

c1: judging that the shoelace is in an incomplete tying state through the Hall sensing assembly;

c2: and if the zeroth gear of the switch is triggered, executing a shoelace loosening command, and if not, maintaining the original state.

FIG. 10 is a fourth flowchart illustrating an exemplary method for automatically tightening a shoelace in accordance with certain exemplary embodiments, the exemplary method being adapted to ensure that the shoelace is not tied to a degree corresponding to tightness in any one of the gears after being laced by a user due to an abnormal situation in which the shoelace is not tied to a degree corresponding to tightness in any one of the gears, and the method further comprising:

d1: judging that the shoelace is in an incomplete tightening state through the Hall sensing assembly;

d2: judging whether a first gear of the switch is triggered or not, if so, executing a command that the shoelace is tightened to the first gear;

d3: if not, judging whether a second gear of the switch is triggered, and if so, executing a command that the shoelace is tightened to the second gear;

d4: if not, whether a third gear of the switch is triggered is judged, if yes, the shoelace is tightened to the third gear instruction is executed, and if not, the original state is maintained unchanged.

Claims (9)

1. A device for automatically tying a shoe lace, the device comprising: a winding bracket assembly secured to an article of footwear, the assembly including a bracket and a winding loop, wherein the bracket is secured directly to the article of footwear;

the winding ring is arranged on the bracket and can only rotate around a rotating shaft of the winding ring; and

the electric transmission and control module is arranged on the winding bracket assembly and drives the winding ring to rotate forward and backward while working; this electronic accuse module that passes includes:

a drive assembly operative to provide motive force and rotational displacement of the lace;

the battery component is used for providing electric energy for the electric transmission and control module;

the control assembly receives the signal and the electric energy, transmits the signal and the electric energy and controls the work of the transmission assembly;

a housing assembly that encases all components and provides a protective and waterproof effect.

2. The automatic shoelace tying device of claim 1, wherein the bracket is installed on an upper, a heel of a shoe, or a sole; the bracket is internally provided with a winding ring, and the winding ring is provided with a motor transmission module, namely the mounting position of the bracket is the mounting position of the shoelace tying device.

3. The automatic shoelace tying device of claim 1, wherein the winding loop is mounted on the bracket and can only rotate about its own axis, and the shoelace is threaded through the winding loop. The shoelace that the winding ring forward rotation drove both ends winds simultaneously to taut shoelace, winding ring reverse rotation, the intra-annular shoelace of winding ring unwinds, thereby loosens the shoelace, the last non-circular shaft of winding ring is installed in the turbine hole of electronic biography accuse module, and along with turbine synchronous revolution.

4. The automatic shoelace tying device of claim 1, wherein said transmission assembly comprises a hall sensing assembly, a motor assembly, a reducer assembly and a gear assembly. The Hall sensing assembly is arranged at the tail part of the output shaft of the motor, and the rotating number of turns and position information of the working shaft of the motor are judged and recorded through the rotation of the tail part shaft of the sensing motor; the electronic device on the Hall sensing assembly outputs the identified rotation turns and position of the motor shaft to the control assembly during the operation of the motor, so as to judge whether the shoelace is completely tightened or not, and whether the shoelace is completely loosened or incompletely tightened or not; the motor assembly can rotate in the forward direction and the reverse direction after obtaining electric energy, and the forward rotation or the reverse rotation is determined by the control assembly; the output shaft of the speed reducer assembly is vertical to the motor shaft; the gear assembly can be a worm gear and worm transmission or a crown gear set or bevel gear set transmission.

5. The automatic shoelace tying device of claim 1, wherein said battery assembly comprises a battery and a charging module, said battery being a rechargeable reusable battery, said charging module being either a wireless coil charging module or a contact wired charging module.

6. The automatic shoelace tying device of claim 1, said control assembly comprising at least: the motion sensor comprises a wireless transmission module, a motion sensor module, a power supply module, a main chip module, a storage module and a trigger module. The wireless communication transmission module can be a Bluetooth module or other wireless communication modules; the motion sensor module can capture motion data and can also control the motor to rotate positively and negatively by taking the motion data as a trigger signal so as to achieve the purposes of tightening and loosening the shoelace; the power supply module can stably output the electric energy of the battery and stably provide charging current; the main chip module receives signals of all modules and controls the work of all modules; the storage module can store the motion data and periodically transmit the motion data to an external terminal through the wireless communication transmission module; the triggering module is composed of a plurality of touch control chip groups, and the automatic shoelace tying device is controlled to loosen and tie in different degrees by touching different gears.

7. The method, apparatus and technique according to claim 1 and claim 5 wherein the method includes a method of automatically tying the lace from a fully loosened to a fully tightened state, including determining whether the lace is fully loosened, and thereby determining the manner in which to trigger the tying lace, which may be a certain stance of both feet wearing the shoe while the foot is being done, or by triggering at least three gears on the module to tie the lace, said three gears corresponding to different degrees of tightening of the lace.

8. The automatic shoelace tying method, device and technique as claimed in claim 1 and claim 5, wherein the automatic shoelace tying method comprises a method of completely tightening the shoelace to completely loosening the shoelace, which comprises determining whether the shoelace is completely tightened, thereby determining a manner of triggering the shoelace to be loosened, wherein the manner of triggering the shoelace to be loosened may be that both feet put on the shoe while doing a foot, the posture and movement sensor outputs corresponding data to trigger the shoelace to be tightened, and the manner of triggering the shoelace to be completely loosened may be that the zeroth gear position on the triggering module is used.

9. The automatic shoelace tying method, device and technique as claimed in claim 1 and claim 5, wherein the automatic shoelace tying method includes a method for not completely tightening or not completely loosening the shoelace due to an abnormal condition, which includes determining whether the shoelace is completely tightened, thereby completely tightening the shoelace by triggering three stages of the module, which correspond to different tightening degrees of the shoelace. Or completely loosening the shoelace by triggering the zero gear on the module.

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